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"Thou art from everlasting."-Psalm 93. 1 JEHOVAH reigns! He dwells in light, Girded with majesty and might; The world, created by his hands, Still on its firm foundation stands.

2 But ere this spacious world was made,
Or had its first foundation laid,
Thy throne eternal ages stood,
Thyself the ever-living God.

3 Like floods the angry nations rise,
And aim their rage against the skies:
Vain floods, that aim their rage so high!
At thy rebuke the billows die.

4 For ever shall thy throne endure:
Thy promise stand for ever sure;
And everlasting holiness

Becomes the dwelling of thy grace.

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"O God, Most hidden, and Most manifest!" 1 WHAT secret place, what distant star, Is like, dread Lord, to thine abode? Why dwellest thou from us so far? We yearn for thee, thou hidden God!

2 And will the hidden God appear?

We hail thee in the living Word; Thy heavenly Majesty draws near, In Christ, our Brother and our Lord.

3 In vain we seek for thine abode;

And wilt thou ever to us come? The Holy Ghost, the mighty God, Now makes our souls his blessed home.

4 O Glory that no eye can bear!

O Presence bright, our inward Guest! O Farthest off! O Ever near!

Most hidden and Most manifest!

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"So didst Thou lead Thy people."

1 O GOD, beneath thy guiding hand, Our exiled fathers crossed the sea; And when they trod the wint'ry strand, With prayer and psalm they Wor shiped thee.

2 Thou heard'st, well pleased, the song, the prayer:

Thy blessing came; and still its power
Shall onward through all ages bear
The memory of that holy hour.

3 Laws, freedom, truth, and faith in God
Came with those exiles o'er the waves;
And where their pilgrim feet have trod,
The God they trusted guards their

graves.

4 And here thy name, O God of love,
Their children's children shall adore,
Till these eternal hills remove,
And spring adorns the earth no more.

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Still we are guarded by

our God."

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1 GREAT God! we sing that mighty hand,
By which supported still we stand:
The opening year thy mercy shows;
That mercy crowns it till it close.

2 By day, by night, at home, abroad,
Still we are guarded by our God;
By his incessant bounty fed,
By his unerring counsel led.

3 With grateful hearts the past we own;
The future, all to us unknown,
We to thy guardian care commit,
And peaceful leave before thy feet.
4 In scenes exalted or depressed,
Be thou our joy, and thou our rest;
Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise,
Adored through all our changing days.

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"The city of our God."-Psalm 122.

1 GLAD was my heart to hear
My old companions say:
"Come, in the house of God appear,
For 't is a holy day."

2 Our willing feet shall stand
Within the temple-door,

While young and old, in many a band,
Shall throng the sacred floor.

3 Thither the tribes repair,

Where all are wont to meet,

And joyful in the house of prayer
Bend at the mercy-seat.

4 Pray for Jerusalem,

The city of our God:

The Lord from heaven be kind to them,

That love the dear abode.

5 Within these walls may peace
And harmony be found!
Zion in all thy palaces,
Prosperity abound!

6 For friends and brethren dear,

Our prayer shall never cease; Oft as they meet for worship here, God send his people peace!

2 Oh, bless the Lord, my soul!
Nor let his mercies lie
Forgotten in unthankfulness,
And without praises die.

3 T is he forgives thy sins;
"T is he relieves thy pain;
"T is he that heals thy sicknesses,
And makes thee young again.

4 He crowns thy life with love,

When ransomed from the grave;
He who redeemed my soul from hell,
Hath sovereign power to save.

5 He fills the poor with good;

He gives the sufferers rest:

The Lord hath judgments for the proud,
And justice for th' oppressed.

6 His wondrous works and ways

He made by Moses known;

But sent the world his truth and grace
By his beloved Son.

3 He will not always chide :
He will with patience wait:
His wrath is ever slow to rise,
And ready to abate.

4 He pardons all thy sins,

Prolongs thy feeble breath;
He healeth thy infirmities,
And ransoms thee from death.
5 He clothes thee with his love,
Upholds thee with his truth;
Then, like the eagle, he renews
The vigor of thy youth.

6 Then bless his holy name,

Whose grace hath made thee whole; Whose loving kindness crowns thy days: Oh, bless the Lord, my soul!

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"To the only wise God, our Saviour." Jude 24, 25.

1 To God, the only wise,

Our Saviour and our King;
Let all the saints below the skies
Their humble praises bring.

2 'Tis his almighty love,

His counsel and his care,

Preserves us safe from sin and death, And every hurtful snare.

3 He will present our souls,

Unblemished and complete,
Before the glory of his face,
With joys divinely great.
4 Then all the chosen seed

Shall meet around the throne,
Shall bless the conduct of his grace,
And make his wonders known.

5 To our Redeemer, God,

Wisdom and power belong, Immortal crowns of majesty, And everlasting song.

1 THIS is the day the Lord hath made;
He calls the hours his own:
Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad,
And praise surround the throne.
2 To-day he rose, and left the dead,
And Satan's empire fell;
To-day the saints his triumph spread,
And all his wonders tell.

3 Hosanna to th' anointed King,
To David's holy Son:

Help us, O Lord! descend and bring
Salvation from thy throne.

4 Blest be the Lord who comes to men
With messages of
grace;
Who comes in God his Father's name,
To save our sinful race.

5 Hosanna in the highest strains.

The church on earth can raise ;

The highest heavens, in which he reigns,
Shall give him nobler praise.

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"Come, see the place where the Lord lay." 1 AGAIN the Lord of life and light Awakes the kindling ray, Unseals the eyelids of the morn, And pours refulgent day.

2 Oh, what a night was that which wrapt A guilty world in gloom!

Oh, what a Sun, which broke this day,
Triumphant from the tomb!

3 This day be grateful homage paid,

And loud hosannas sung;
Let gladness dwell in every heart,
And praise on every tongue.

4 Ten thousand thousand lips shall join
To hail this happy morn,

Which scatters blessings from its wings On nations yet unborn.

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"The unsearchable riches of Christ."

1 To our Redeemer's glorious name
Awake the sacred song;

Oh, may his love-immortal flame!-
Tune every heart and tongue.

2 His love, what mortal thought can reach!
What mortal tongue display;
Imagination's utmost stretch
In wonder dies away.

3 Dear Lord, while we, adoring, pay
Our humble thanks to thee,
May every heart with rapture say,
"The Saviour died for me!"

4 Oh, may the sweet, the blissful theme,
Fill every heart and tongue!
Till strangers love thy charming name,
And join the sacred song.
483. The Bible the Light of the World.

1 A GLORY gilds the sacred page,
Majestic, like the sun :
It gives a light to every age;
It gives, but borrows none.

2 The hand that gave it still supplies
The gracious light and heat:
Its truths upon the nations rise;
They rise, but never set.

3 Let everlasting thanks be thine
For such a bright display,

As makes a world of darkness shine
With beams of heavenly day.

4 My soul rejoices to pursue
The steps of him I love,
Till glory breaks upon my view
In brighter worlds above!

JOHNVILLE. C. M.

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"I'm not ashamed to own my Lord."
2 Tim. 1: 12.

1 I'm not ashamed to own my Lord,
Or to defend his cause;
Maintain the honor of his word,
The glory of his cross.

2 Jesus, my God!-I know his name-
His name is all my trust;
Nor will he put my soul to shame,
Nor let my hope be lost.

3 Firm as his throne his promise stands, And he can well secure

What I've committed to his hands,
Till the decisive hour.

4 Then will he own my worthless name
Before his Father's face,
And in the new Jerusalem
Appoint my soul a place.

1 AWAKE, my soul! stretch every nerve, And press with vigor on:

A heavenly race demands thy zeal,
A bright, immortal crown.

2 A cloud of witnesses around

Hold thee in full survey; Forget the steps already trod, And onward urge thy way. 3 T is God's all animating voice, That calls thee from on high; 'Tis his own hand presents the prize To thine aspiring eye,

4 That prize with peerless glories bright, Which shall new luster boast,

When victor's wreaths and monarch's

And, crowned with victory, at thy feet I'll lay my honors down.

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"Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven."

1 SALVATION! oh, the joyful sound!
'Tis pleasure to our cars;

A sovereign balm for every wound,
A cordial for our fears.

2 Buried in sorrow and in sin,
At hell's dark door we lay;
But we arise by grace divine,
To see a heavenly day.

3 Salvation! let the echo fly

The spacious earth around,
While all the armies of the sky
Conspire to raise the sound."

"Salvation will God appoint for walls

1028. and bulwarks."-Isaiah 26: 1-6.

1 How honored is the sacred place,
Where we adoring stand-
Zion! the glory of the earth,
And beauty of the land!

2 Bulwarks of mighty grace defend
The city where we dwell:
The walls, of strong salvation made,
Defy th' assaults of hell.

3 Lift up the everlasting gates,
The doors wide open fling;
Enter, ye nations that obey
The statutes of our King.

4 Here shall you taste unmingled joys,
And live in perfect peace;

You who have known Jehovah's name,
And ventured on his grace.

5 Trust in the Lord; for ever trust,
And banish all your fears:
Strength in the Lord Jehovah dwells,
Eternal as his years.